This document outlines the agenda and goals of the Snohomish County Health Leadership Coalition summit. The Coalition aims to improve community health, lower healthcare costs, enhance quality of life, and boost economic prosperity in Snohomish County through collaborative initiatives. It has overseen projects increasing youth physical activity and advance care planning. Moving forward, it will coordinate efforts across sectors through a collective impact model, focusing initially on palliative care and physical activity programs. The summit brings together stakeholders to advance this shared vision of enhancing community health by 2020.

1. At the Edge of Amazing
Community Health Summit

2. Thank You Sponsors!

3. What’s the Name ?
Dennis Smith, CEO, United Way of
Snohomish County

4. From Lombardi’s to
LiveHealthy2020
• A brief history of the
• Snohomish County Health Leadership
Coalition

5. 5
Coalition Steering Committee
• Gubby Barlow CEO, Premera Blue Cross
• Dr. Gary Cohn Superintendent, Everett Public Schools
• Rick Cooper CEO, The Everett Clinic
• Bob Drewel Interim Chancellor, WSU Everett
• Gary Goldbaum, MD Director, Snohomish Health District
• Rev. Eileen Hanson Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church
• Troy McClelland CEO, Economic Alliance Snohomish County
• Duane Schireman Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, The Boeing Company
• Preston Simmons CEO, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
• Dennis Smith CEO, United Way of Snohomish County
• Jim Steinruck CEO, Senior Services of Snohomish County
• Scott Washburn CEO, YMCA of Snohomish County
• Carl Zapora Superintendent, Verdant Health (Stevens Hosp District)

6. Coalition Mission
To foster economic vitality,
competitiveness and
prosperity through better
health and healthcare value

7. Snohomish County Health
Leadership Coalition Strategic Goals
Improve community
health, healthcare
costs, quality of
place, and economic
vitality and prosperity
Serve as a leadership
forum and clearinghouse
to prioritize and pursue
healthcare priorities that
support long-term health
and economic prosperity
Foster and forge public-
private partnerships that
combine a long-term
view with short-term
results
Establish a scalable
model that can be
implemented in other
parts of the state and
region

8. Five Elements of Collective Impact

9. First Initiatives
Advance Care
Planning
Youth Physical
Activity
• The Coalition developed two initial proof-of-principle initiatives in 2013
• We focused on both ends of the healthcare spectrum: youth activity and advance care
• Initiatives created the runway for a broader community effort to create long-term gains
Goal
• Provide accelerometers and technology to 5th graders and teachers to
see engagement and measure progress
• Promote better health, academic performance and lifelong healthy habits
• Reverse the downward trend of youth exercise/activity
Early Results:
• 12.5% increase in participant activity levels
• Countywide best practices identified
• Goal-setting with 70+ schools for 2015-16
• Promoted expansion into five states
Goal:
• Ensure people receive care in-line with their values when facing life
threatening illness
• Develop a self-sustaining community-based model to expand the
program countywide
Early Results:
• Tripled training in SnoCo
• 35% trained by community volunteers
• On path to train 4,500/year by 2017

10. July 2014: Formation of Coalition
Sustaining Vision Advisory Council
• Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, Director, NW Center for Public Health Practice, UW School of Public Health
co-chair
• Diane Douglas, co-chair Executive Director, CityClub
• Gina Breukelman Global Corporate Citizenship NW Region, The Boeing Company
• Jack Faris Community
• Gary Goldbaum, MD Director, Snohomish Health District
• Dixie Grunenfelder Healthy Youth Survey; Office of Superintendent Public Instruction
• Audrey Haberman Managing Partner, The Giving Practice / Philanthropy Northwest
• Harold Kelly CEO, Puget Sound Kidney Centers
• Sindhu Knotz Partner, The Giving Practice / Philanthropy Northwest
• George Kosovich Dir. Programs & Community Investments, Verdant Health
• Oscar Lucas Premera Blue Cross; co-chair Coalition evaluation
• Jason McGill Health Policy Advisor to Washington State Governor Jay Inslee
• Josh O’Connor Publisher, The Herald and VP, Sound Publishing
• Katrina Ondracek Executive Vice President of United Way of Snohomish County
• Chris Rivera CEO, Washington Biotech and Biomedical Association
• Tom Sebastian CEO, Compass Health
• Ken Stark Director of Human Services, Snohomish County
• Elizabeth Warman Director, Global Corporate Citizenship NW Region, Boeing
• Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory Executive Director, Sno-Isle Libraries

11. Strategy: Common agenda, shared
accountability
Four imperatives:
 Shared common agenda for health & cost
 Metrics
 Shared measurement system
 Convene “portfolio owners”
 Harmonize/optimize efforts and
resources
 Direct contributor: 2-3 symbolic initiatives
 Community-based, self-sustaining
 Facilitate community conversations
 “Listen & expand the circle”
 Personal
Health
 Healthcare Costs
 Civic Health
=  Economic
Prosperity
Future
Coalition
Initiative
Coalition
Initiative:
Palliative
Care
Coalition
Initiative:
Gear Up
& Go!
Health &
Wellness
“Portfolio”
Owners
Coalition
Backbone
Support
Aligned
Funders
Health
Insurance
Gov’t
Health
Entities
Region/
State
entities
Hospitals
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12. We are starting a community movement committed to dramatically
enhancing the health and well-being of Snohomish County by 2020.
To accomplish this common agenda,
passionate members of the community,
visionary leaders, organizations and
companies are dedicating their
existing efforts and committing to
work collaboratively to collectively
improve nutrition and increase physical
activity.
WELCOME TO
A Movement Across Snohomish County